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Platelet Survival Study

Missouri rates for HCPCS 78191

A nuclear medicine test that tags platelets, the blood cells that help clots form, with a small amount of radioactive material and then follows how long they last in the bloodstream. It helps show whether a low platelet count is caused by platelets being destroyed too quickly.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Platelet Survival Study cost?

$209

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $209 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $204 from a physician practice, and about $363 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$204$135 to $417
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$363$309 to $813

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $363 · 10th to 90th $195 to $1,259Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $115 to $575
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $363professional $204

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$104.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$457.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$51.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$239.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$446.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$331.13
3 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$104.71

Where Missouri sits

The same service costs 5.2 times more in Alabama than in Texas. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Missouri· 23rd of 51

$209

AL $550TX $105

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.